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Pak delegation in India to attend SCO cyber security seminar

New Delhi: A Pakistani delegation arrived here on Monday to participate in a cyber security seminar being hosted by India under the framework of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS). The Pakistan High Commission said its Charge d’Affaires Aftab Hasan Khan received the delegation at the mission. India has shown keen interest in deepening its […]

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Text book row: Committee constituted to check all textbooks, says PSAJK

Srinagar: The Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) Monday constituted a high-level committee to check all textbooks in the educational institutes across the union territory and asked private schools to refrain from introducing any new book before getting it approved from the expert committee. The move comes after “blasphemous” content against Islam was […]

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Selfie point in Jammu damaged, FIR lodged

Jammu: The first-ever selfie point with an installation ‘I love Jammu’ set up under the smart city mission at B C Road here was damaged by unidentified persons, following which an FIR was lodged in the case, officials said on Monday. The selfie point was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jammu Smart City […]

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31 new Covid cases in Ladakh, 34 recover

Leh: Ladakh has reported 31 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 21,714, while the number of active cases in the Union Territory has come down to 295, officials said on Monday. Of the total 31 fresh cases, all of these cases were reported in Leh, they said. The Union Territory has registered 215 coronavirus-related […]

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Fresh snowfall in higher reaches, rain in plains

Fresh snowfall in higher reaches, rain in plains

Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Sunday, while rains lashed the plains, ending the dry spell, officials said. The minimum temperature improved and stayed above the freezing point at most places in the valley on Saturday night, they said. Fresh snowfall was recorded at many places […]

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Another milestone achieved in under-construction Kashmir railway project

Banihal/Jammu: The Northern Railway achieved another milestone on Sunday with one more tunnel in the Bankot area near Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban connected after a breakthrough, officials said. With the breakthrough of the tunnel, most of the excavation work of railway tunnels between Banihal and the Khari sector has been completed by IRCON […]

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Art 370 was in place for decades, but peace still eluded JK: Amit Shah

Art 370 was in place for decades, but peace still eluded JK: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Article 370 was in place for decades but was there peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked Saturday, asserting that the 2019 abrogation of the Constitutional provision has ushered in peace, good business investment and an influx of tourists. Shah made these remarks during an interaction at the HT […]

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COVID-19: Govt writes to states, UTs over rising weekly positivity rates, deaths

New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Saturday wrote to Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha and Mizoram to take necessary steps under the ‘Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate-Covid Appropriate Behaviour’ strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and reduce fatality. The move comes in view of rising cases of the infection, weekly positivity rates and weekly […]

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Restore JK’s statehood before assembly polls: Azad

Ramban: The real ‘Jehad’ is to fight against poverty and unemployment, rather than against any leader, party or religion, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday. Addressing a public rally here, he reiterated the demand for restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir before assembly elections, saying the bureaucracy is no match to popular […]

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CBK files charge sheets in separate cases of fraud, land encroachment

Jammu: The Crime Branch and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday separately filed charge sheets in two cases related to forging of a document to secure a government job and encroachment of forest land in Jammu province, officials said. A Crime Branch spokesperson said a charge sheet was filed in the court of chief judicial […]